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John Romita Jr. was born August 17, 1956, the son of Virginia (Bruno) and comic book artist John Romita Sr., one of the signature Spider-Man artists since the 1960s. He studied advertising art and design at Farmingdale State College in East Farmingdale, New York, graduating in 1976. Career
- August 17, 1956 (age 67), New York City, U.S.
- Penciller
- JRJR
Romita Jr.'s first contribution to Marvel Comics was at the age of 13 with the creation of the Prowler in The Amazing Spider-Man #78 (Nov. 1969). Romita Jr. began his career at Marvel UK, doing sketches for covers of reprints. His American debut was with a six-page story entitled "Chaos at the Coffee Bean!" in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1977).
John Romita Jr. is the son of Virginia (Bruno) and comic book artist John Romita Sr., one of the signature Spider-Man artists since the 1960s. He studied advertising art and design at Farmingdale State College in East Farmingdale, New York, graduating in 1976.
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Mar 31, 2021 · John Romita Jr. is making his return to the House of Ideas! Starting this July, Romita will enter the Marvel Universe once again to draw some of Marvel’s most iconic characters and titles. After beginning his career at Marvel decades ago, Romita ’s art style has continued to be one of the most recognizable and respected in the comics industry.
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- Amazing Spider-Man #208, 210-218, 223-227, 229-236, 238-250. Following in his father's footsteps, in 1980, Romita Jr. began his first stint providing pencils for one of Marvel's most iconic series, the Amazing Spider-Man (JRJR's very first Marvel work was a "B" story in 1977's Amazing Spider-Man Annual #11).
- Daredevil: Man Without Fear #1-5. Cited by Romita Jr. himself as some of his best work in comics, in 1993, JRJR collaborated with legendary writer Frank Miller and inker Al Williamson to create the Daredevil: Man Without Fear miniseries.
- Uncanny X-Men #175-185, 187-197, 199-200, 202-203, 206-211. Despite Romita Jr's success in the late 70s and early 80s illustrating such Marvel icons as Spider-Man and Iron Man, it was Romita's stint on the extremely popular Uncanny X-Men series in the mid-1980s that truly launched his career into the stratosphere.
- Amazing Spider-Man #30-58 (vol. 2), 500-508. Romita Jr's second stint providing pencils on the A mazing Spider-Man is considered by many to be one of the title's greatest runs, which breathed new life into a franchise that was struggling both commercially and critically.
Apr 22, 2016 · Romita Jr.'s first Spider-Man work came in a six-page backup story in 1977's Amazing Spider-Man Annual #11. A detour into an Iron Man run kept him away from Spider-Man for a couple years, but a return was all but inevitable, and it happened in 1980, when Romita Jr. kicked off a lengthy run as the semi-regular artist on Amazing Spider-Man.
John Romita Jr.: Series See All. Daredevil (2023 - 2099) X-Men (2021 - 2099) The Amazing Spider-Man (2022 - 2099) Invincible Iron Man (2022 - 2099)
